"Oh, my." Shin Yubin got only one point... He made a good turn in the world ranking 'one step up' and → was blocked by the Great Wall of China

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Korean women's table tennis star Shin Yu-bin (22, Korean Air, world No. 12) beat Honoka Hashimoto (11th), who was ranked one place higher in the world than her in the round of 16, but failed to cross the wall of the Great Wall in the quarterfinals.

Shin Yu-bin lost to China's Wang Man-yu in the quarterfinals of the women's singles at the 2026 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) - Asian Table Tennis Federation (ATTU) Asian Cup at the Uan River Gymnasium in Haikou, China, on the 7th, with a game score of 2-4 (1-113-113-115-115-11).

As a result, Shin Yu-bin failed to advance to the semifinals and had to promise the next.

Shin Yu-bin reached the round of 16 with two wins and one loss in the group stage of this tournament. The opponent in the round of 16 was Hashimoto, ranked 11th in the world. And Shin Yu-bin made it to the quarterfinals with a thrilling 3-2 (11-66-118-111-11-7 11-7 11-7) victory over Hashimoto.

But again, the Great Wall was high. In particular, Shin Yu-bin gave the opponent a head start with only one point in one game. The second game was also on the defensive, losing 3-11 with only three points.

Still, Shin Yu-bin did not step down in vain. In the third game, he won the game after a close race to deuce and took a chance to fight back. However, they lost 5-11 in four games, pushing them to the brink. In five games, he won 14-12 after deuce again, leading the game to six games, but he fell to his knees as he lost 5-11.

With Shin's loss, all Korean players who participated in the tournament suffered elimination. Earlier, Kim Na-young (Posco International) lost 1-3 against Sun Ying-sa (China) in the round of 16.

Thirty-two male and female athletes participated in this competition. Four players were divided into eight groups and played the group stage. Due to the overlapping schedule with the national team selection match, only three Korean players participated in the competition, including Shin Yu-bin and Kim Na-young, who already won the national team ticket, and Jang Woo-jin (Se-ah), the men's team. With the top and second-place finishers in each group advancing to the tournament, all South Korean players had to promise their next while drinking their stomachs. In the aftermath of the injury, Jang Woo-jin failed to advance to the tournament with three losses, including withdrawal from the group stage.

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